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Texas Supreme Court Refuses to Clarify Abortion Ban Exceptions
5.31.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling in Zurawski v. Texas that fails to provide any meaningful clarity on when doctors can perform abortions for dire medical reasons. The ruling [...]
La crisis climática amenaza los derechos reproductivos de las mujeres
Las emergencias asociadas a la crisis climática dificultan el acceso a servicios de salud reproductiva. Las medidas que tomen los Estados para hacer frente a la emergencia climática deben priorizar la garantía y esencialidad de [...]
Alerta por situación de salud integral de las mujeres en El Salvador
El régimen de excepción, prorrogado ya 26 veces, aumenta el riesgo de criminalización de las mujeres que enfrentan emergencias obstétricas. Las mujeres privadas de la libertad, en especial las gestantes o en posparto, no reciben [...]
Kansas Abortion Providers Challenge New Law Forcing Them to Give Patient Information to the State
Kansas abortion providers filed a legal challenge to a new law that would force providers to report to the state patients’ reasons for seeking abortion.
Arizona Legislature Votes to Repeal Civil War-Era Abortion Ban
5.01.2024 (PRESS STATEMENT) — Today, the Arizona Senate joined the Arizona House and voted to repeal the state’s controversial 1864 total abortion ban, which had been ruled enforceable last month. The ban allows for abortion [...]
Florida Six-Week Abortion Ban Set to Take Effect May 1
4.29.2024 (PRESS STATEMENT) — This Wednesday, May 1, a six-week abortion ban is set to take effect in Florida, making Florida one of 17 states that either bans abortion entirely or at six weeks of [...]
German Expert Commission Recommends Modernization of Abortion Law
GENEVA, 15.04.2024 (PRESS RELEASE) – Today the Center for Reproductive Rights welcomed clear calls for major reform of German abortion law from the Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine. The Commission was tasked by [...]
Honduras fue denunciado ante el Comité de Derechos Humanos de la ONU por la prohibición absoluta del aborto vigente en el país
Fausia, una mujer indígena y defensora de derechos humanos fue víctima de violación sexual a modo de represalia por la defensa de su territorio y, como consecuencia, resultó embarazada. Honduras violó sus derechos humanos [...]
Honduras has been brought before the United Nations Human Rights Committee for its ban on abortion
Fausia, an indigenous woman and human rights defender, was raped as reprisal for defending her territory and consequently became pregnant. Honduras violated her human rights by imposing pregnancy and forced motherhood on her, due to [...]
Centuries-Old Abortion Ban Ruled Enforceable in Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a near-total abortion ban passed in 1864 can take effect
